Cleaning or polishing device



Feb. y4, 1941. A. M. slEB ET A1.

CLEANING OR POLISHING DEVICE Filed July l, 1939 y INVENTORS erZ/Zlf ewa Ho//L BY L Patented Feb. 4, 1941 o 2,230,312

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLEANING on Pousnmc. DEVICE Albert M. Sieb, East Orange, and Ralf L; Hartwell,

Orange, N. J., assignors to Metal Textile Corporation, East Orange, N. J., a corporation' of Delaware Application July 1,1939, serieiNo. 282,394

2 Claims. (ci. 15 ,1o5)

This invention relates generally to pads, cloths (not shown) adaptedto be exuded, in the use of and like devices for service in the performance the device, through the facing II, the textile of cleaning, polishing and similar operations. fabric which composes the latter being sufficient- This invention has for an object to provide, in 1y porous to admit of such effect. a. flexible cleaning and polishing device, a novel The novel composite facing, which constitutes composite facing comprising a plurality of spaced the means for optionally abrading or scraping high pile or tufted areas of soft textile yarn and and polishing the surface' under treatment by the a close lying abrasive strip covered area interdevice, comprises a base fabric I3, preferably a mediate said yarn areas, whereby the effective textile fabric. Certain spaced areas of said base :u surface of the latter areas lie in a plane nutfabric I3 are provided with rows of iilamentary l0 werdly onset relative to the piene of the effective pile forming tufts or bunches I 4, preferably mede surface of the abrasive stri-p, so that said abrasive by SGWiIlg 21. tuftng Yarn l5 through the bae strip material' is normally held out of Contact fabric I3 t0 form the yarn ntO IOODS 0f Suitable with a surface to which the yam areas are aplength which project from the exterior surface mi plied in use, but which abrasive strip material, of the base fabric; said loops being Cut through by flexing the device, may be brought, ini-,0 eenthe bights thereof to produce the desired filatact with the surface being cleansed or polished, mentaIMD-lng, the surface extremities 0f Which at will, for removing adhering dirt or like spots are' offset a substantial distance outwardly of y from the surface being cleansed or p01jshed the base fabric I3 to thereby provide an effective so The invention has for another object to provide Polishing materiel surface. Disposed intermea cleaning device comprising a exible hollow diate the areas formed by the rows of tufted pad-like body or envelope containing a filler .of piling I4; isa strip of abrasive metelial I6 ci cleansing, polishing or like material adaptedv to suitable Widthfdisposed in flat lying extension exude therefrom, said body having on one si'de across the exterior surface of said base fabric I3. 25

a composite facing of the character above men- Said abrasive strip I6 being flatly contiguous to tioned. the base fabric I3 is in consequence, disposed in Other objects of this invention, not at this time a plane beneath lor within the plane of the effecmore particularly enumerated, will be understood tive polishing material surface provided by the from the following detailed description of the areasfcovered by the lamentary -pile forming same. tufts or bunches I4.A Theabrasive strip I 6 may, 30 An illustrative embodiment of this invention broadly speaking, be made of any material suitv is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which: able to effect, when rubbed over and in Contact Fig. 1 is an edge view of one form .of cleaning With a surface engaged thereby, a scraping or and polishing device according to the invention; abladng action. Preferably, however, said abra- Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the novel composite sive strip comprises a body of knitted metallic 35 facing of the device; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary edge wire or ribbon, the interengaged loops of which view of the device as disposed for bringing into provide a multiplicity of abrading or scraping use the abrasive strip material of the composite elements. The abrasive 'strip I6 is secured in facing thereof; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary secthe described assembled relation to the device by 40 tionen view, taken on une 4-4 in Fig. 2, but the stitching I2 which engages the respective 40 drawn on an enlarged scale. ends thereof, or may be otherwise secured in any Similar characters of reference are employed convenient manner. in the above described views, to indicate corre- In the use of the device, the porous facing II s spending parts. of the bag or envelope III is applied to and rubbed The illustrative embodiment of the device, as over the surface desired to be Cleaned, e. g. the shown in the drawing, comprises a hollow comsurface of a window pane. During such operaparatively thin, flat and flexible bag-like body tion, a portion of the cleansing agent contained in or envelope III, comprising, on one side, a porous the bag or envelope III will be exuded through the facing of plain textile fabric II and, on the other facing .II and applied to the surface operated 50 side, a composite facing of the kind hereinafter upon with cleansing effect. This initial cleansdescribed; the registered margins of these facines ing operation having been accomplished, the debeing secured together by suitable binding stitchvice is reversed and composite facing is thereupon ing I2. The interior of the bag-like body or enflatly applied to and rubbed over the surface unvelope I 0 is lled with a suitable cleaning agent der treatment for removing traces of cleansing 55 agent and polishing said surface. In this phase of the operation the pile forming tufts or bunches I4 will engage the surface treated with polishing effect, and since the effective polishing area of the composite facing formed by the projected extremities of the pile forming tufts or bunches I 4 is located in anV outwardly offset plane relative to the plane of the abrasive strip I6, the latter will be fended away and not brought in Contact with the surface being polished. It fr equently occurs, however, that the surface under treatment is possessed of adheringspots'or encrustations of dirt, paint or other foreignA substance necessary to be removed to attain thorough cleansing. In suchV case the abrasive strip I6 is utilized land rubbed over such spots or encrustations with scraping or abrading effect which, by the involved attrition, removes the spots or encrustations. To bringr said abe rasive strip I 6 into service, the outlying pile areas are folded, flexed or` turned upwardly to incline away from the surface under treatment (substantially as shown in Fig. 4), thusv removing these parts so. thatthe abrasive strip I6 may be brought to bear upon the surface being cleansed.

From the above it will appear that the novel device according to this invention provides a very practical and efficient cleansing and polishing means.

While the novel composite facing provided by the spaced areas of pile forming tufts or bunches I 1l and intermediate area of abrasive material is above described as a component part of a cleansing agent containing device, it will beunderstood that this invention is not necessarily to be limited to such combination, since the composite facing may be used alone for polishing, dusting and spot removing operations, i. e. the cleansing agent containing bag or envelope III may be omitted and the composite facing material may be made' up as a simple wiping cloth, unitor in any other suitable form.

It will be noticed, by inspection of the drawing, that the lamentary pile forming tufts or bunches I4, incorporated inthe composite facing material, are preferably arranged in laterally spaced parallel rows. This is a novel and advantageous disposition thereof, since,- in use, intermediate clearance spaces I1 are vprovided through whichdust, dirt, etc. dislodged from a surface, under treatment, may accumulate and pass away.

It will be understood that various modications as to size and shape of the device, and as to materials, size, shape, arrangement and grouping of the polishing and abrasive elements makin-g `up the composite facing material are possible within the spirit and scope of this invention. It is therefore intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

We claim: k

1.v In a cleansing device, a facing of flexible base materiah adjacent areas of said base material being respectively provided with outwardly projected lamentary material tufted -therethrough and a section of abrasive metallic fabric secured-to said base material in closely contiguous overlying relation thereto so as to be backed thereby, the effective surface of the projected lamentary material lying in an outwardly off` set pla-ne relative to the plane of said abrasive fabric, whereby, when the base material is flatly applied to a surface to be cleaned, said abrasiveV fabric; is spaced out of operative contact with said surface, but may be brought into operative contact' therewith by flexing the filamentary material bearing areas of said base material' away from saidsurface.

2 In a cleaning device, a composite facing material comprising a flexible base material, ladjacent areas of said base material being respectivelyproyided with cut piling of soft textile yarn tufted therethrough to project outwardly there from and a section of' abrasive material formed by knittedv metallic fabric secured to said base material in closely contiguous overlying relation theretoso as to be backed thereby, the effective surface of `said textile yarn piling lying in an outwardly offsetv plane relative to the plane of said abrasive fabric, whereby, when' the *base material isy flatly applied to a surface to be cleanedy said abrasive fabric is spaced out of operative oontact with saidi surface, but may be brought 'into operative contact therewith by flexing the `piling bearing areas of said'base material' away from said surface.

ALBERT M. SIEB. RALF L. HARI'WEILL. 

